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atikovi · ‎04-03-2019

I never can keep track of the meaning of all the colors the star represents next to a feedback score, not to mention the shooting stars. Wouldn't showing the dollar volume of sales be an additional metric that could evaluate a seller? I mean, it's pretty easy afterall for those selling $5 items to gain large feedback scores. I just checked my dashboard and noticed Sales to date have topped $1M. I think there should be some recognition for that, similar to the Top rated seller emblem in some listings.

pburn · ‎04-03-2019

Quality over quantity. A large sale volume doesn't mean anything substantive.

Newer sellers would be at a disadvantage, because, in theory, their cumulative sales volume would be (possibly considerably) lower than sellers who have been active for a longer period of time.

atikovi · ‎04-03-2019

Newer sellers at a disadvantage anyway with low feedback scores.

dhbookds · ‎04-03-2019

Originally, that's what the Power Seller Gradations were meant to convey.........Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc.

At one time, tho, some thought the "upper tier volume" designations were actually detrimental to sales ........ Don't know if that had anything to do with Ebay stopping the use of the terms or not showing them anymore.

atikovi · ‎04-03-2019

The stars next to the feedback score as just as useless. Blue, purple, turquoise? How can you tell the difference?Just as silly as Guide, Trailblazer, Pioneer next to forum member names. Now that's a thought. Give out those awards after you sell $1,000, $10,000, $100,000 etc.

pburn · ‎04-03-2019

@atikovi wrote:
Newer sellers at a disadvantage anyway with low feedback scores.

Really?

That's like saying a dog is at a disadvantage if it has only three legs, so we might as well cut off another one. The logic just isn't there.

I'd take a seller with 40 feedback comments @ 100% over a seller with 4,000 feedback comments at 92.8% any day.

As I said earlier, it's quality over quantity.

goodluckselling · ‎04-03-2019

@atikovi wrote:
The stars next to the feedback score as just as useless. Blue, purple, turquoise? How can you tell the difference?Just as silly as Guide, Trailblazer, Pioneer next to forum member names. Now that's a thought. Give out those awards after you sell $1,000, $10,000, $100,000 etc.

You could sell one item for $100,000 but that does not indicate you are a stellar seller? The dollar amount does not have any value as to the seller abilities or performance.

Good Luck Selling!

atikovi · ‎04-03-2019

@pburn wrote:
@atikovi wrote:
Newer sellers at a disadvantage anyway with low feedback scores.
Really?

That's like saying a dog is at a disadvantage if it has only three legs, so we might as well cut off another one. The logic just isn't there.

I'd take a seller with 40 feedback comments @ 100% over a seller with 4,000 feedback comments at 92.8% any day.

That's comparing apples to oranges. Would you take a 40FB 100% seller over a 4,000 FB 100% seller, all things being equal? Most would buy from the 4,000 seller.

And a dog is at a huge disadvantage if it has only three legs. At least in the wild. Can't hunt well or escape from predators. Don't understand why you might cut off another one.

pburn · ‎04-03-2019

In my example, the dog is a metaphor, not a literal dog.

--Seller with lower feedback numbers is at a disadvantage.
--Dog with three legs is at a disadvantage.

--Compound seller disadvantage by adding sales volume.
--Compound dog's disadvantage by removing another leg.

And, yes, there's a good chance I would choose a small seller over a big one, all other things being equal.

--I prefer to support smaller sellers.
--In my experience, smaller sellers provide better service.
--In my experience, smaller sellers are better communicators.
--In my experience, smaller sellers are more responsive.
--In my experience, smaller sellers have what I'm looking for.

18704d · ‎04-03-2019

" Wouldn't showing the dollar volume of sales be an additional metric that could evaluate a seller? "

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Kinda yes, kinda no.

A good seller who gives a good product with good customer service, is needed and valued by buyers and eBay. It takes the same amount of work, dedication, and professionalism to do that with a 5 dollar sale as with a 500 dollar sale.

And I wouldn't think that a seller who has perfect dsrs and fb, and has sold 2000 items at 10 dollars each here over the years...

... should be rated the 'same' as a new seller who selles a single automobile here for 20,000 dollars.

Thanks,

Lynn

Lynn

You love me for everything you hate me for

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bigdeals.etc · ‎04-03-2019

@dhbookds wrote:
Originally, that's what the Power Seller Gradations were meant to convey.........Bronze, Silver, Gold, etc.

At one time, tho, some thought the "upper tier volume" designations were actually detrimental to sales ........ Don't know if that had anything to do with Ebay stopping the use of the terms or not showing them anymore.

Oh yea. They already have tiered sales volume with the Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Titanium, and I think Diamond. They still have that, but they don't show it anywhere, buyers and other sellers can't see it, nor does it really make any difference between levels. I remember they gave you a PDF of the corresponding star color Certificate when you achieve that level for you to print out yourself, haha.

https://pages.ebay.com/eg/en-us/services/buyandsell/powerseller/criteria.html I'm pretty sure the Account Management Perk is no longer. It's dependent on other criteria.

pjcdn2005 · ‎04-03-2019

I would rather see an indication for the number of transactions rather than a dollar value. Then the buyer could see that the actual number of items you have sold rather than just a feedback number.